Chinese edit

be pregnant pregnant
trad. (妊娠)
simp. #(妊娠)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial () (38) (26) (23)
Final () (139) (43) (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () III III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyimH syin tsyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪmH/ /ɕiɪn/ /t͡ɕiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /t͡ɕinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjemH/ /ɕjen/ /t͡ɕjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵimH/ /ɕin/ /cinH/
Li
Rong
/ȵiəmH/ /ɕiĕn/ /t͡ɕiĕnH/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑĭĕmH/ /ɕĭĕn/ /t͡ɕĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȵʑi̯əmH/ /ɕi̯ĕn/ /t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
rèn shēn zhèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jam6 san1 zan3

Verb edit

妊娠

  1. (formal) to gestate; to be pregnant

Usage notes edit

  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms edit

Noun edit

妊娠

  1. gestation; pregnancy
    高危妊娠  ―  gāowēi rènshēn  ―  high-risk pregnancy

Usage notes edit

  • This is a medical term. The more common term is 懷孕怀孕 (huáiyùn).

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (妊娠):

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: S
しん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology edit

The "Nintendo fanboy" sense is from a shortening of 任天堂(にんてんどう)信者(しんじゃ) (nintendō shinja, Nintendo believer), written with the kanji for "pregnancy" to carry an infantile nuance.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(にん)(しん) (ninshin

  1. pregnancy, conception
  2. (slang, derogatory, video games) a Nintendo fanboy, Nintendrone
    Synonym: 任豚

Verb edit

(にん)(しん)する (ninshin suruintransitive suru (stem (にん)(しん) (ninshin shi), past (にん)(しん)した (ninshin shita))

  1. conceive (to become pregnant)

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Brian Ashcraft (2013 July 12) “Why Nintendo Fans Are Called “Pigs” (and Other Things) in Japan”, in Kotaku[1], retrieved July 6, 2021
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

妊娠 (imsin) (hangeul 임신)

  1. Hanja form? of 임신 (pregnancy).